Marie Curie Quiz

Where did Marie Curie grow up?

• Paris

• Warsaw

• London

• Berlin

What was the secret institution that provided clandestine education to Polish youth?

• Harvard

• Floating University

• Oxford

• Sorbonne

What did Marie Curie study at the Sorbonne?

• Biology

• Physics

• Mathematics

• Chemistry

What did Henri Becquerel discover in 1896?

• Uranium radiation

• Radioactive radiation

• Photographic film

• X-ray machine

What did the Curies report in 1898?

• A new laboratory technique

• A new scientific method

• A new theory of atoms

• Two new elements

What did Marie Curie win the Nobel Prize in 1903 for?

• Physics

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Medicine

What did Marie Curie win the Nobel Prize in 1911 for?

• Physics

• Biology

• Medicine

• Chemistry

What did Marie Curie investigate during World War I?

• Astronomy

• Radiation's effects on tumors

• Chemical warfare

• Nuclear physics

How did Pierre Curie die?

• Crushed by a horse-drawn cart

• Died of illness

• Drowned in a river

• Fell from a building

What did Marie Curie's research lay the groundwork for?

• Astronomy and astrology

• Physics and chemistry

• Mathematics and literature

• Biology and geology